Sustainability News

The NSG Group has introduced Pilkington Mirai Øne™, a new architectural float glass offering over 35% less embodied carbon compared to its standard float glass, aimed at supporting lower-impact material choices in the built environment. It forms part of Groups wider sustainability commitments, including investments in alternative fuel trials, carbon capture technology to reduce furnace emissions, and recycling initiatives under their makechange™ platform.

Solving some of the world’s biggest sustainability challenges will take more than innovation alone. It will take collaboration – across teams, across regions, and across the entire value chain.

The NSG Group has donated a new piece of street furniture to Skierniewice, home to one of the company's Polish processing sites.

Pilkington United Kingdom Limited, part of the NSG Group, has launched a new glass production line at its Greengate Works site in St Helens as part of a multi-million-pound investment to safeguard the future of rolled texture glass manufacturing in the UK.

Pilkington Nederland, part of the NSG Group, has once again achieved the prestigious Cradle to Cradle Certified® Silver certification for a wide range of insulating glass products during its recertification. We are proud of this achievement!

Natural light plays a major role in today’s modern design. Glass not only bridges the gap between the outdoors and indoors, enhancing energy conservation and occupant well-being, but also meets critical performance standards such as fire safety. Pilkington Fire-resistant Glass, a trusted choice for over 45 years, exemplifies how safety and aesthetics can seamlessly coexist.

NSG Group expert will join other influential contributors at this year’s Glasstec conference that will be focused on the circular economy, digital technologies and decarbonisation. Specifically targeted leading-edge lectures will offer attendees a blend of theory and practice on this pressing global issue.

On August 7th, Pilkington Brasil's Caçapava plant received a visit from the leadership of Banho Solidário Sampa, a social project sponsored by the company's Architectural Glass Department (Blindex) which provides baths to homeless people in the largest city in Latin America.

Pilkington United Kingdom Limited, part of the NSG Group, intends to use green hydrogen at its site and scale its production of low carbon glass from 2027, under pioneering new plans with Grenian Hydrogen.

The NSG Group, renowned for manufacturing glass under the Pilkington brand, will showcase its latest innovations at Glasstec 2024, the world’s leading glass industry trade fair, in Dusseldorf from 22-25 October 2024.

The NSG Group has been recognised as a leader on climate change action by not-for-profit charity CDP (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project).

Pilkington Mirai™ architectural glass manufactured by the NSG Group, has been independently verified as having 52% less embodied carbon, certifying it as the lowest carbon glass of its kind.

Pilkington UK Architectural team recently completed a greenhouse cullet recovery project at the Watson Street site, showcasing a bright future for more sustainable glass production through recycling opportunities in the horticultural sector.

A new mural has been unveiled at Saski Park in Sandomierz, Poland. Its colours and graphics allude to ecology, but aesthetics is not its greatest asset. The mural was painted with photocatalytic paints, that neutralize harmful components of exhaust fumes and smog. This initiative is the result of cooperation between NSG Group, the City Hall and the Municipal and Housing Enterprise in Sandomierz.

NSG Group has pioneered a new glass range with 50% less embodied carbon when compared to standard float glass* ‒ representing the lowest carbon product of its kind on the market.

On Thursday, June 1st, the fourth edition of the "Transparency with Women" event was held, featuring a lecture by presenter, entrepreneur, and model Ana Hickmann. The event also featured other inspiring women such as Valéria Sanseverino, a therapist who pursued her dream at age 50, Jolanta Lessig, European Marketing Communications Manager of Architectural Glass business line at NSG Group, and Ana Júlia Kachan, President of the Second Ethics Court of the OAB/SP.

Earth Day is celebrating its 53rd anniversary and this year’s theme is “Invest in Our Planet”.

The sixth NSG Group Environmental Project Award has been awarded to the San Salvo site in Italy, Architectural Glass Float operations and Automotive OE, for their ‘Water consumption reduction’ project.

Pilkington United Kingdom Limited, part of the NSG Group, has become the world’s first flat glass manufacturer to fire its furnace on 100% biofuel, as part of an industry trial to find sustainable alternatives to natural gas.

On Monday, January 24, Pilkington Netherlands officially received a Cradle to Cradle® Silver certificate for most of its insulating glass products.

Pilkington United Kingdom Limited, part of the NSG Group, has developed Pilkington AviSafe™ - a new glass with a special coating designed to help prevent birds from colliding with the windows and facades of buildings.

The fifth NSG Group Environmental Project Award has been awarded to the VFG (Vietnam Float Glass) site for their ‘Reduction of waste hot water for glass washing’ project.

Imperial Tobacco’s new HQ has achieved a sustainability certification of Excellent from the world’s leading assessment method for sustainable buildings, BREEAM, with a helping hand from Pilkington Suncool™ 70/40.